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Mr. Atlas
- Jul 28, 2000
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I'll try to make this as clear as possible. Bear with me & read slow.
Just yanked my old CD player out to replace with a newer one. The old one worked fine as far as powered up & the tuner worked. All I did was cut the (1)yellow (power), (2)black (neg), (3)red (keyed power) and (4) blue (power antenna/amp keyed power) and unplug the RCA cables and antenna plug. There were no speaker wires to cut because I'm running an amp.
I didn't disconnect the battery. I always forget to do this & get a little spark to remind me. This time, however, I didn't.
So I connect the new stereo's yellow, black, red & blue wires just like the old one, put it back in the dash, turn the key & nothing.
Pulled it out, checked all connections, turned the key again & nothing. Looked under the seat to see if my amp was powered up, & it wasn't either (the blue power antenna wire provides the remote turn on for the amp).
Disconnected the stereo, connected the amp's blue turn on lead to the car's red turn on, turned the key, & it powered up. So now I'm thinking there's just something wrong with the new stereo. It's an open box unit I got at Circuit City.
Put the old stereo back in, turn the key, & nothing. Huh..?
Checked all fuses... they're fine. But- the clock & dome light don't work now. Everything else in the car works fine. At this point I'm thoroughly confused. How can a stereo that was working fine not work ten minutes later? How can the amp power on when connected directly to the red wire but not when connected via the stereo? And what's the deal with the clock & dome light?
This is a pretty simple system. There's only 9 or 12 fuses. They're all fine. Same for the fuse for the amp & the ones for each stereo.
I have a feeling it's something obvious, right in front of my eyes. It always is. I usually have to do things 2 or 3 times, even if it's something I've done before. But I'm really stumped. HELP!
Just yanked my old CD player out to replace with a newer one. The old one worked fine as far as powered up & the tuner worked. All I did was cut the (1)yellow (power), (2)black (neg), (3)red (keyed power) and (4) blue (power antenna/amp keyed power) and unplug the RCA cables and antenna plug. There were no speaker wires to cut because I'm running an amp.
I didn't disconnect the battery. I always forget to do this & get a little spark to remind me. This time, however, I didn't.
So I connect the new stereo's yellow, black, red & blue wires just like the old one, put it back in the dash, turn the key & nothing.
Pulled it out, checked all connections, turned the key again & nothing. Looked under the seat to see if my amp was powered up, & it wasn't either (the blue power antenna wire provides the remote turn on for the amp).
Disconnected the stereo, connected the amp's blue turn on lead to the car's red turn on, turned the key, & it powered up. So now I'm thinking there's just something wrong with the new stereo. It's an open box unit I got at Circuit City.
Put the old stereo back in, turn the key, & nothing. Huh..?
Checked all fuses... they're fine. But- the clock & dome light don't work now. Everything else in the car works fine. At this point I'm thoroughly confused. How can a stereo that was working fine not work ten minutes later? How can the amp power on when connected directly to the red wire but not when connected via the stereo? And what's the deal with the clock & dome light?
This is a pretty simple system. There's only 9 or 12 fuses. They're all fine. Same for the fuse for the amp & the ones for each stereo.
I have a feeling it's something obvious, right in front of my eyes. It always is. I usually have to do things 2 or 3 times, even if it's something I've done before. But I'm really stumped. HELP!
